The festive meats differ from day to day? As a rule, the difference lies in the ingredients, giving the meat a surprise, but they are not less pleasant taste. Meat with plums - it's always festive and original, while preparing the dish is quite simple. The sweet aroma of plums permeates the meat and gives it a unique flavor.

Unexpected duet

It is difficult to say when and where he first came up with combined meat products with fruit. Most likely, it happened in the East. The Indian, Chinese, Jewish ethnic cuisines, there are many recipes, some unexpected from the point of view of Europeans. The meat in them combined with sour or sweet fruit, and as a result obtained the original, memorable meals.

Over time, the combination of meat and prunes to conquer the world. In Greece, to beef Beef - Meat Guide   with prunes and cinnamon add a small amount of sugar in the Ukrainian cuisine Ukrainian food   dish made more piquant by adding to it the cloves and Romanian recipe involves no use of any spices: only meat and fruit, nothing more.

Fresh or dried fruit presented with the original meat or incomparable flavor, give it piquancy. Such foods are stored for a long time, they are ideal for a holiday thanks to the marvelous intertwining flavors. But their preparation requires a specific skill: a combination of meat with sweet fruits like frankly not for everyone, so it's important to choose the right ingredients for the food and proportioning to taste turned harmonious.

Meat with plums can be cooked in many ways: fry, extinguish, bake in the oven packed with dried fruit or a piece of meat in the marinade chernoslivovom sauce before frying, then pour over chops flavored sweet and sour sauce.

Not only the taste, but also the benefits

Prunes are very rich in fiber and potassium. Dried plums are encouraged to eat for heart disease, high blood pressure, liver and kidney. Prunes perfectly cleanses the body, it is recognized as a remedy for constipation. For this reason, it is undesirable to have large amounts to avoid indigestion.

The use of meat is also not in doubt. Meat - is a complete protein necessary for normal functioning of the body. In addition, the meat contains essential amino acids and compounds that can not be obtained from other products. Doctors strongly recommend to include dishes of meat in your diet, but not abuse, since the excess of meat products harms the heart, blood vessels, kidneys and liver, improves cholesterol levels Cholesterin   levels and the emergence of cancer.

Meat dishes, especially fatty, quite calories. To reduce their energy value and simultaneously improve the absorption of meat, it is best to combine them with non-starchy vegetable foods such as stew or baked with vegetables or fruit. Thus, the meat with prunes - a dish not only delicious but also useful, because these two products complement each other perfectly.

Terms combinations

Please be aware that combine meat with fruit can be difficult. The task is to cook that of two very different, even in something contradictory flavors to create one - the original and harmonious. Sometimes it is necessary to make changes to the recipe, use spices and seasonings.

For cooking you can use any meat - beef, pork, lamb. But the choice of prunes should be given special attention. It is best suited sour dried fruit with a rich aroma. Excessive sweetness of the meat dish is inappropriate - such combination will be enjoyed not all. It is advisable not to use over-dried prunes or dried bitter. Prunes "smoky" will go well with pork, but is unlikely to decorate a dish of beef.

You can restrict the addition to meat products alone prunes, but most of the recipes and the use of other means fruits and vegetables and spices. Most often, the meat is added the onion and garlic to make the dish more sharply, lemon juice or apple to make the savory meat pleasant acidity, or - less frequently - sweet dried fruit, which emphasize the unusual taste of a dish.

As for spices, it is usually recommended to use black pepper, which emphasizes the taste of the meat, reducing some sweetness. Cinnamon, on the other hand, emphasize the sweetness of prunes, so it should be more careful - the dish will turn on the fan, especially if you use sweet dried fruit.

If you put out a beef with prunes in the beer (preferably dark), then the taste will be even more piquant. Adding nuts also enriches the flavor. Another interesting combination of meat with prunes and cheese, especially cheese, use a sharp-salty, spicy.

Methods of preparation

How best to cook the meat with prunes? Selection depends on the method of preparation of the feedstock. Large pieces of meat are best baked, pre-packed with pieces of dried fruit and garlic. You can stuff the meat with prunes, fruit filling wrapped in a flat piece of meat, and dress the roll, or in making a piece of beef, pork or lamb deep "pockets" for chernoslivovoy filling. Prunes stuffed with meat should tie and quickly fry until golden brown, then bake in the oven for onion "cushion" in foil or in a spicy sauce. You can bake the meat with prunes and a la carte, in the form of small rolls or in the form of chops, which will lie on top of dried fruit and a thick layer of spicy cheese.

Even easier to cook a stew with prunes in the pot or pan. Preparing a meal is not fast, but the cook and attention almost requires. Meat after extinguishing simmered becomes soft as butter, and is impregnated with a delicate aroma of prunes. As a side dish to this meat suit fresh vegetables, baked potatoes or rice with a delicious seasoning.

Maria Bykov

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